Hone Harawira was visiting a Northern primary school and the class was in
the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings.
The teacher asked Hone if he would like to lead the discussion on the word
'Tragedy'..
So our future illustrious leader asked the class for an example of a
'Tragedy'.
Manu, a little boy stood up and offered: 'If my best friend, who lives on a
farm, is playin' in the field and a tractor runs over him and kills him,
that would be a tragedy.'
'Incorrect,' said Hone... 'That would be an accident.'
A little girl raised her hand: 'If a school bus carrying fifty children
drove over a cliff, killing everybody inside, that would be a tragedy.'
'I'm afraid not', explained Hone 'that's what we would refer to as a great
loss'.
The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Hone searched the room.
'Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a tragedy?'
Finally, at the back of the room, little Johnny raised his hand and said:
'If a plane carrying you and Mr Dotcom was struck by a 'friendly fire'
missile & blown to smithereens, that would be a tragedy...'
'Fantastic' exclaimed Hone 'and can you tell me why that would be a
tragedy?'
'Well', said Johnny, 'it has to be a tragedy, because it certainly wouldn't
be a great loss, and it probably wouldn't be an accident either!'
"Sorry Officer, umm.... my yellow power band got stuck wide open"
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